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American professor of German, comparative literature, and cultural studies (born 1937)
Jack David Zipes (born 7 June 1937) is a literary scholar and author. He is a professor emeritus in the Department of German, Nordic, Slavic and Dutch
Jack_Zipes
European fairy tale
clothed wolf on a bended knee holding Little Red Riding Hood's hand. Jack Zipes anthologized several 19th-century variants. Northcote Whitridge Thomas
Little_Red_Riding_Hood
German fairy tale
Lune. Zipes 2013, p. 121. Opie & Opie 1974, p. 236. Harries 2015, p. 227. Opie & Opie 1974, p. 236; Goldberg 2000, p. 42; Harries 2015, p. 225; Zipes 2013
Hansel_and_Gretel
European fairy tale
Folktale. University of California Press. p. 97. ISBN 0-520-03537-2. Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers
Sleeping_Beauty
Fictional story typically featuring folkloric fantasy characters and magic
Charles Perrault's Contes de ma Mère L'oie on German Folklore. In Zipes 2001. Zipes, Jack, ed. (2001). The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and
Fairy_tale
written by Hermann Hesse between the years of 1904 and 1933. Translated by Jack Zipes, the collection was published in 1995 by Bantam Books. Many of the tales
The Fairy Tales of Hermann Hesse
The_Fairy_Tales_of_Hermann_Hesse
Collection of German fairy tales
to a stepmother, were probably made with an eye to such suitability. Jack Zipes believes that the Grimms made the change in later editions because they
Grimms'_Fairy_Tales
1923 novel by Felix Salten
newspapers and magazines. A translation by Jack Zipes was published in 2022 by Princeton University Press. Zipes commented the conversation between animals
Bambi,_a_Life_in_the_Woods
Message that is conveyed or lesson to be learned from a story or event
Aesop (1996). Aesop's Fables. Penguin Classics. ISBN 978-0140369847. Jack Zipes (2000). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford University Press.
Moral
1990 picture book by William Steig
objected to the book, feeling it was "unsuitable for children". The scholar Jack Zipes felt that Shrek! was not Steig's best work. Professor Victoria Ford Smith
Shrek!
Brother duo of German academics and folklorists
14–16 Zipes 1988, p. 31 qtd. in Zipes 1988, p. 35 Zipes 2002, pp. 7–8 qtd. in Zipes 2002, p. 7 Zipes 2014, p. xxiv Zipes 2000, pp. 218–219 Zipes 1988,
Brothers_Grimm
Name list
Australian rules footballer Jack Zilly (1921–2009), American football player Jack Zipes (born 1937), American professor of German Jack Zouhary (born 1951), American
Jack_(given_name)
Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
pea being placed in a museum, where it might still remain. Researcher Jack Zipes said that Andersen, during his lifetime, "was obliged to act as a dominated
The_Princess_and_the_Pea
Fictional character
Press. ISBN 978-0-19-513493-3 – via Google Books. Zipes 2011, p. 340. Zipes 2011, pp. 125–126. Zipes 2016, p. 121. "7 Dwarves | 2005 Tribeca Festival"
Evil_Queen
German fairy tale
fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 125. According to Jack Zipes, the source of the story was Dorothea Viehmann, the wife of a tailor from
The_Devil_and_his_Grandmother
German fairy tale
University of Pittsburgh. Jack Zipes, The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World, p 72, ISBN 0-312-29380-1 Jack Zipes, The Brothers Grimm:
The_Seven_Ravens
Collection of short stories by Angela Carter
has received heavy praise and attention from numerous critics such as Jack Zipes (who called it a "remarkable collection") and Marina Warner (who, on its
The_Bloody_Chamber
German fairy tale
analysing 22 Greek variants, 2 Serbo-Croatian and 1 from Corsica. Scholar Jack Zipes stated that the tale type is "extremely popular throughout Europe". However
Rapunzel
2023 book by Jack Zipes
Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales is a 2023 book by Jack Zipes that addresses the significance of nineteenth- and twentieth-century political
Buried Treasures: The Power of Political Fairy Tales
Buried_Treasures:_The_Power_of_Political_Fairy_Tales
1946 film by Jean Cocteau
reprinted in German in: Französische Märchen, Auswahl und Einleitung von Jack Zipes, Frankfurt/Main, Verlag Zweitausendeins, Lizenausgabe des Insel-Verlages
Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)
Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1946_film)
Fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm
father and unite their kingdoms into one. Scholars Hans-Jörg Uther and Jack Zipes recognized that the tale belonged to the cycle of the "Animal as Bridegroom"
The_Iron_Stove
1893 antisemitic book by Oskar Panizza
(racial identity) Racial antisemitism Self-hating Jew Visibly Jewish Jack Zipes (1991). The Operated Jew: Two Tales of Anti-Semitism. New York and London:
The_Operated_Jew
Online magazine
Contributors of articles have included Julian Barnes, Frank Delaney Jack Zipes, Richard Hamblyn, Philipp Blom, and Arika Okrent. In addition to the thematic
The_Public_Domain_Review
Locative folklore motif and fantasy trope
ISBN 0-226-32239-4 Andrew Lang, The Violet Fairy Book, "Schippeitaro" Jack Zipes, The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World, p 65-67
Enchanted_forest
European fairy tale about a cat
ISBN 978-3-8349-0772-1 Zipes, Jack David (1991) [1988], Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion, New York: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-90513-3 Zipes, Jack David (2001)
Puss_in_Boots
Traditional song or poem for children
2005), p. 136. Jack Zipes, The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World, p. 48, ISBN 0-312-29380-1. F. Dennis, When Jack Sued Jill–Nursery
Nursery_rhyme
Type of nationalism
Tales", Jack Zipes, ed., The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Strap Arola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm, p 888-9, ISBN 0-393-97636-X Jack Zipes, The Great
Romantic_nationalism
Crime or process of giving up one's child
(1200–1300). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 75–77. ISBN 9783447033398. Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers
Child_abandonment
Italian fairy tale
the hand of the princess. This typing was corroborated by professors Jack Zipes and Stith Thompson, who also classified the tale as AaTh 854, "The Golden
The_Golden_Lion_(fairy_tale)
French courtesy title
and the idea of serendipity passed into the English language. Scholar Jack Zipes argues that de Mailly "display[ed] a wide knowledge of the literary sources"
Chevalier_de_Mailly
Children's story by Angela Carter
the story itself can be found in "Don't Bet on the Prince" (1987) by Jack Zipes. Danielle Marie Roemer; Cristina Bacchilega (1998). Angela Carter and
The_Donkey_Prince
1816 story by E. T. A. Hoffmann
Pacific Northwest Ballet and the book grew out of that collaboration. Jack Zipes, a scholar specializing in fairy tales and German literature, wrote the
The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
The_Nutcracker_and_the_Mouse_King
Lute Player. Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm, p 167, ISBN 0-393-97636-X Jack Zipes, The Great
The_Three_Crowns
German fairy tale
was included in the Grimms' handwritten Ölenberg Manuscript from 1810. Jack Zipes noted in 2016 that the Grimms greatly treasured this tale, considering
The_Frog_Prince
Widespread norms in a society
Potter franchise, as critiqued by Jack Zipes, exemplifies this mass commercialization and corporate hegemony. Zipes contends that culture industry commodities
Popular_culture
French literary movement
Literary Fairy Tales of France Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine Jack Zipes, When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition, pp
Précieuses
Continuation of a previous work
Crashes, Lost Presents and Holiday Disasters; 19[incomplete short citation] Jack Zipes; The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films[incomplete
Sequel
Fictional character
Accessed 3 September 2023. Zipes, Jack (2013-08-21). Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales, Children, and the Culture Industry - Jack Zipes. Routledge. ISBN 9781135252960
Talking_Cricket
Fairy tale
folktales in oral tradition, originated with the upper classes. Scholar Jack Zipes suggests that, due to the high number of similarities of Madame d'Aulnoy's
The_Bee_and_the_Orange_Tree
Medieval French legendary figure
(1926-1959). New York: B. Franklin, 1924. pp. 52-55. Zipes, Jack. "Irons Hans". In: Jack Zipes (ed.). The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford University
Robert_the_Devil
Italian fairy tale collection by Giambattista Basile
Fantastic Accomplishment of Giambattista Basile and His Tale of Tales". In Zipes, Jack (ed.). The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to
Pentamerone
Typology of Beauty and the Beast
invites all sorts of scholarly and literary interpretations. Scholar Jack Zipes describes these tale types as a mate selection wherein the human maiden
Animal_as_Bridegroom
Commercial mass marketing of culture
Potter franchise, as critiqued by Jack Zipes, exemplifies this mass commercialization and corporate hegemony. Zipes contends that culture industry commodities
Culture_industry
English actress, singer and author (born 1935)
the Wayback Machine. All-Music Guide article from Legacy Recordings. Jack Zipes, Pauline Greenhill, Kendra Magnus-Johnston (2015). "Fairy-Tale Films Beyond
Julie_Andrews
German fairy tale
used as part of the Knight of the Swan heroic tale. Fairy tale scholar Jack Zipes cites that the Brothers Grimm considered an origin in Greco-Roman times
The_Six_Swans
1988 novel by Raymond E. Feist
the Fantastic in the Arts and the subject of a master thesis. Professor Jack Zipes at the University of Minnesota, who has published and lectured on the
Faerie_Tale
British scholarly organisation
historian of social memory Guy Beiner (2019), American scholar of fairy tales Jack Zipes (2007), English mythographer Marina Warner (1999), British radical historian
The_Folklore_Society
Fairy tale collection by Charles Perrault
website of The Morgan Library & Museum. Zipes (2000), 236 ff. Bottigheimer (2008), 187 f. Duggan (2008), 222 ff. Zipes (2000), 379 ff. Jean (2007), 276 ff
Histoires ou contes du temps passé
Histoires_ou_contes_du_temps_passé
British solicitor and author
" The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Jack Zipes, Ed. Oxford University Press, 2000. p. 511. Jack David Zipes (2006). Why Fairy Tales Stick: The Evolution
Edgar_Taylor_(author)
Main protagonist in Oz novels
Witches of Oz Dorothy of Oz book CGI-animated film Oz Park, Chicago, USA Jack Zipes, When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition, p 159
Dorothy_Gale
German fairy tale
2013. Retrieved 22 September 2010. Grimm, Jacob; Grimm, Wilhelm (2014). Zipes, Jack (ed.). The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm: the complete
Snow_White
Ability to physically transform in mythology, folklore and speculative fiction
ISBN 0-691-06722-8 Stephen Prickett, Victorian Fantasy p. 86 ISBN 0-253-17461-9 Jack Zipes, When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition, pp
Shapeshifting
Rumplestiltskin. Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm, p 833, ISBN 0-393-97636-X Jack Zipes, The Great
Marie-Jeanne_L'Héritier
Trope and stock character in storytelling
One Damsel in Distress: World folktales for Strong Girls (anthology); Jack Zipes, Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Fairy Tales in North America and
Damsel_in_distress
Main antagonist of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
woman is practically the ugliest in all the kingdom." Fairy-tale lecturer Jack Zipes alike noted that "it is somewhat strange that the queen believes the mirror
Evil_Queen_(Disney)
German journalist, satirist and writer
Tucholsky withdraws from the Jewish community", in Sander L. Gilman and Jack Zipes (Eds.), Yale Companion to Jewish Writing and Thought in German Culture
Kurt_Tucholsky
1937 book by J. R. R. Tolkien
initial reviews refer to the work as a fairy story. However, according to Jack Zipes writing in The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, Bilbo is an atypical character
The_Hobbit
1634 Fairy tale by Giambattista Basile
the well. Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers Grimm, p. 544, ISBN 0-393-97636-X Jack Zipes, The Great
The_Three_Fairies
German fairy tale
Charles Perrault's Contes de ma Mère L'oie on German Folklore", p 959, Jack Zipes, ed. The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the
The Three Little Men in the Wood
The_Three_Little_Men_in_the_Wood
European folk tale
variants), these animals represent "the [heroine's] mother's legacy". Jack Zipes, commenting on a Sicilian variant, concluded much the same: Cinderella
Cinderella
1995 British film
engaging story of adventure and the classic triumph of good over evil." Jack Zipes called it "highly comic [and] neatly drawn", praising the "numerous changes
The_Snow_Queen_(1995_film)
Artwork intended for performance; formal type of literature
Jacqueline. "Pantomime", The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, Jack Zipes (ed.), Oxford University Press (2006), ISBN 9780195146561 Mayer (1969)
Drama
Russian fairy tale
Similar to Diamonds and Toads" Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers
Father_Frost_(fairy_tale)
Polytheistic religious groups
1973. Gabrieli, Giuseppe. Leone Caetani. Rome: Fondazione Caetani, 1936. Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers
Paganism
Fictional character
Essays on Children's Literature and the Power of Stories; Introduction by Jack Zipes, New Press (2007) ISBN 1-59558-130-8 Dorfman, Ariel. The Empire's Old
Babar_the_Elephant
1999 Belgian film
Red Manou Kersting as Office Wolfy Hilde Wils as Mrs. Santa Academic Jack Zipes wrote, "As gruesome as this film is, it is also very funny." In reviewing
Black_XXX-Mas
Fairy tale
150645. PMC 4736946. PMID 26909191. The Brothers Grimm (2014) [1812]. Jack Zipes (ed.). The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Andrea
The_Smith_and_the_Devil
German fairy tale
Boy Who Wanted to Know What Fear Was and The Boy Who Couldn't Shudder. Jack Zipes, in his notes to the translated tales of Giuseppe Pitrè, notes that the
The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
The_Story_of_the_Youth_Who_Went_Forth_to_Learn_What_Fear_Was
Genre of musical comedy stage production
Jacqueline. "Pantomime", The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, Jack Zipes (ed.), Oxford University Press (2006), ISBN 9780195146561 Mayer (1969)
Pantomime
King of the Snakes The Story of the Hamadryad The Origin of the Sirenia Jack Zipes notes that the "scursuni" translated to Ringelnatter in German, or a grass
The Bewitched Prince (Italian folktale)
The_Bewitched_Prince_(Italian_folktale)
Fairy tale
Midori Snyder, "The Armless Maiden and The Hero's Journey" Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers
The_Girl_Without_Hands
German fairy tale
collection. Variants have been registered in Italian scholarship, as noted by Jack Zipes; for instance, by Laura Gonzenbach. A version from Abruzzi (The Clever
The_Peasant's_Wise_Daughter
Russian fairy tale about a magical horse
Yakovlevich Propp. Edited and Translated by Sibelan Forrester. Foreword by Jack Zipes. Wayne State University Press, 2012. pp. 162, 187. ISBN 9780814334669
Sivko-Burko
Fictional character from L. Frank Baum's Oz series
Baum Bugle. 36 (3): 5–7. Tuerk (2007), p. 59-76 Zipes (2006), p. 105-137 Rogers (2002), p. 149-175 Zipes (2007), p. 216-217 Bell (2010), p. 225-247 The
Nome_King
Short story by Hans Christian Andersen
the son of Andersen's patron, who had rejected him. Literary critic Jack Zipes took the story to represent the Hegelian dynamic of master and slave.
The_Shadow_(fairy_tale)
1992 novel by Geoff Ryman
Worlds Without End. Retrieved 17 September 2009. Jack Zipes, Fairy Tale as Myth, p. 134 Jack Zipes, Fairy Tale as Myth, p. 136 The Gay Canon: Great Books
Was_(novel)
Classical story of Cupid and Psyche
Yakovlevich Propp. Edited and Translated by Sibelan Forrester. Foreword by Jack Zipes. Wayne State University Press, 2012. p. 190. ISBN 9780814334669. Thompson
Cupid_and_Psyche
1978 Czechoslovak film
same name Beauty and the Beast, a 1740 fairy tale with the same name Jack Zipes (27 January 2011). The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale
Beauty and the Beast (1978 film)
Beauty_and_the_Beast_(1978_film)
Six volume catalogue of folklore motifs used by folklorists, composed by Stith Thompson
195–202. JSTOR 3814885 Stein, Mary Beth. 2015. "Aarne-Thompson index" in Jack Zipes (editor) The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales. Oxford University Press
Motif-Index of Folk-Literature
Motif-Index_of_Folk-Literature
German fairy tale
works of the Brothers Grimm, such as The Frog Prince and Rapunzel. Critic Jack Zipes suggests that the theme of child abuse leads to a more adult centered
The_Juniper_Tree_(fairy_tale)
German fairy tale
supernatural captive is either a bogatyr or a forest spirit. According to Jack Zipes, another literary predecessor to the Grimm's tale in German tradition
Iron_John
Artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
Zipes, Jack (1988). The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World (1st ed.). Routledge. pp. 7–8. ISBN 978-0-415-90081-2. Zipes, Jack
Romanticism
Italian Fairy Story
Thirteenth with all the riches and honour of the kingdom. According to scholar Jack Zipes, the tale is classified in the international Aarne-Thompson-Uther Index
Thirteenth_(fairy_tale)
1955 film
Narrator Theodor Vogeler Friedhelm von Schweinitz Wolfgang Zill Zipes p. 424 Jack Zipes. The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films
Sleeping_Beauty_(1955_film)
1695 literary fairytale by Charles Perrault
Catarina the Wise and Other Wondrous Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales Edited by Jack Zipes. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2017. pp. 46-51, 265-266. https://doi
Donkeyskin
Italian fairy tale collector (1566–1632)
Fantastic Accomplishment of Giambattista Basile and His Tale of Tales". In Zipes, Jack (ed.). The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to
Giambattista_Basile
1957 film
as Kunz - Reitbursche Fritz Genschow Theodor Vogeler Peter Hack Zipes p.424 Jack Zipes. The Enchanted Screen: The Unknown History of Fairy-Tale Films.
The_Goose_Girl_(1957_film)
American film director
1965. The enchanted screen: the unknown history of fairy-tale films by Jack Zipes, pgs 395-36 Festival de Cannes page for 1961 Beck, Jerry. "Moonlighting
Connie_Rasinski
Literature written for adolescents and young adults
books were about minority protagonists, almost a 10% increase from 2016. Jack Zipes, a professor of German and literature, has criticized the standardized
Young_adult_literature
Traditional Japanese fable
Press. p. 115. Heidi Anne Heiner, "Tales Similar to Diamonds and Toads" Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers
Shita-kiri_Suzume
Series of folktales about a calumniated wife and her wonder children
their separate type outlines" and even influence each other. Professors Jack Zipes, in turn, proposed that, although the tale has many ancient literary sources
The Three Golden Children (folklore)
The_Three_Golden_Children_(folklore)
Soviet children's musical film
Buratino. Vladimir Basov as Duremar Baadur Tsuladze as Eating-house owner Jack Zipes, Pauline Greenhill, Kendra Magnus-Johnston (2016). Fairy-Tale Films Beyond
The Adventures of Buratino (1975 film)
The_Adventures_of_Buratino_(1975_film)
Fairy tale by Giambattista Basile (1636)
while "Liccarda" is a variation on the name "Riccarda". According to Jack Zipes, French author MMe. L'Héritier used the story to write her tale L'Adroite
Sapia_Liccarda
Literature set in an imaginary universe
ISBN 0-19-512199-6 C.S. Lewis, The Discarded Image, p135 ISBN 0-521-47735-2 Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers
Fantasy_literature
Italian literary fairy tale by Giambattista Basile
Toronto Press, 2012. http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442699519.19. Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers
Peruonto
German businessman (born 1963)
December 2015). "28. The Clever Little Tailor– 70. The Golden Key". In Jack Zipes (ed.). The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Princeton
Jochen_Zeitz
Dutch artist (1883–1931)
Guardian. Retrieved 4 February 2011. Kurt Schwitters; Irvine Peacock; Jack Zipes (2009). Lucky Hans and Other Merz Fairy Tales. Princeton University Press
Theo_van_Doesburg
Italian writer and journalist (1920–1980)
Giunti-Marzocco, 1981. Rodari, Gianni, The Grammar of Fantasy, trans. with intro. Jack Zipes (1996).ISBN 1592703054 (In Italian) Se la fantasia cavalca con la ragione:
Gianni_Rodari
American writer and editor (born 1958)
She was a contributor to The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales, edited by Jack Zipes. In May 2016, Windling gave the fourth annual Tolkien Lecture at Pembroke
Terri_Windling
Fairy tale by Charles Perrault
Similar to Diamonds and Toads" Archived 2012-09-05 at the Wayback Machine Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale Tradition: From Straparola and Basile to the Brothers
Diamonds_and_Toads
JACK ZIPES
JACK ZIPES
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Godly
Girl/Female
Australian, Netherlands, Portuguese
Variant of Jack
Surname or Lastname
English and North German
English and North German : patronymic from Jack.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English bakke ‘back’ (Old English bæc), hence a nickname for someone with a hunched back or some other noticeable peculiarity of the back or spine, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or ridge, or at the rear of a settlement.English : from the Old English personal name Bacca, which was still in use in the 12th century. It is of uncertain origin, but may have been a byname in the same sense as 1.English : nickname from Middle English bakke ‘bat’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), from some fancied resemblance to the animal.Altered spelling of Bach 1, 2, or 6.North German : from Middle Low German back ‘kneading trough’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used such vessels.Americanized spelling of Norwegian Bakk(e) (see Bakke).
Female
English
Pet form of English Jackalyn, JACKI means "supplanter."
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Celebrity, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Indian, Jamaican, Latin, Polish, Swedish, Swiss, Tamil
God is Gracious; Son of Jack; He who Supplants; Diminutive of Jack; Supplanter
Surname or Lastname
English (Kentish)
English (Kentish) : from a medieval personal name, Pack, possibly a survival of the Old English personal name Pacca, although this is found only as a place name element and appears to have died out fairly early on in the Old English period. The Middle English personal name is more likely to be a derivative of the Latin Christian name Paschalis (see Pascal).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a wholesale trader, from German Pack ‘package’ (see Packer).Anglicized form of Dutch Pak.
Male
English
Short form of English Zackary, ZACK means "whom Jehovah remembered."Â
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall and Wales)
English (Cornwall and Wales) : variant of Jack.Czech (JaÄka), Polish, and German (of Slavic origin) : from a pet form (Czech JaÄ, Polish Jacz) of any of the various Slavic personal names beginning with Ja-, for example Jakub, Jan, Jacenty (see Jacek).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name, Dæcca.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a roofer, from dack, a variant of deck ‘roof’. Compare De decker.
Male
English
Originally a short form of surnames, mostly Scottish, beginning with Mac-, MACK means "son of," it is now sometimes given as a forename.Â
Female
Native American
Native American Tupi name JACI means "moon."
Male
Finnish
Short form of Finnish Jaako, JAAK means "supplanter."
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, from Old English sacc, Middle High German sack, German Sack ‘sack’. Bahlow also suggests someone who carried sacks.German : topographic from Middle High German sack ‘sack’, ‘end of a valley or area of cultivation’.Dutch : from a reduced form of the personal name Zacharias.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from an acronym of the Hebrew phrase Zera Keshodim ‘Seed of the Holy’ (referring to martyred ancestors), or from a short form of the personal name Isaac.
Male
English
Scottish form of English Jack, JOCK means "God is gracious."
Male
English
Probably originally an Anglicized form of French Jacques, JACK means "supplanter," it is now considered a pet form of English John, meaning "God is gracious."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish, Swedish, Swiss
Son of Jack; He who Supplants; God has been Gracious; Has Shown Favor; Based on John or Jacques; God is Gracious
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from a Middle English personal name, Jakke, from Old French Jacques, the usual French form of Latin Jacobus, which is the source of both Jacob and James. As a family name in Britain, this is almost exclusively Scottish.English and Welsh : from the same personal name as 1, taken as a pet form of John.German (also Jäck) : from a short form of the personal name Jacob.Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Male
Polish
Modern form of Polish Jacenty, JACEK means "hyacinth flower."
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American Hebrew Polish English
Henry VI, Part 2' Jack Cade, a rebel.
JACK ZIPES
JACK ZIPES
Female
Scandinavian
Possibly a variant spelling of Scandinavian Dorthe, DORTHA means "gift of God."
Male
African
met with burden.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval personal name Sefare, a continuation of an unattested Old English female name, Sǣfaru, composed of the elements sǣ ‘sea’ + faru ‘journey’. This name has also been established in Ireland since the early 17th century.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Only
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
One who prays times and fasts
Girl/Female
Muslim
Symbolic
Boy/Male
American, Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Indian, Muslim
Originating from God; Wise
Boy/Male
Australian, Finnish
Gift of God
Female
English
Elaborated form of English Opal, OPALINE means "gem, precious stone."
Boy/Male
Hindu
To rise, Honest
JACK ZIPES
JACK ZIPES
JACK ZIPES
JACK ZIPES
JACK ZIPES
n.
A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree.
n.
An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
n.
A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State.
n.
A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.
n.
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
n.
see Ils Jack.
v. t.
To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
v. i.
To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
n.
A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
n.
A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack
n.
A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
n.
A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
v. i.
To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.
v. t.
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
a.
Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
n.
A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.
n.
To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
v. t.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
adv.
In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
v. i.
To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.